Wearing apparel



Feb. 11, w41. E, E, LEVY 2,231,1529

WEARING APPAREL Filed' May 16, 1938 INVENTOR Patented Feb. 11, 1941STATES anni WEARING APPAREL Application May 16, 1938, Serial No. 208,112

2 Claims.

My present invention relates towearing apparel and more particularly toarticles of outer clothing designed to resist cold and moisture, and ithas for its object to provide a garment that will be light and durablebut which, without considerable extra cost, will include an interlining.of a particular nature that will render it much warmer and resistant tomoisture penetrating the outer lamination or shell. To these and otherends, the invention resides in certain improvements and combinations ofparts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novelfeatures being pointed out in the claims at the end of thisspecification,

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of an outer garment constructed inaccordance with and illustrating one embodiment of my invention, thesame being broken away to indicate the superposed laminationshereinbefore referred to;

Fig. 2 is a much enlarged section through a wall or facing of thegarment taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the garment Wall structure on a largerscalethan that of Fig. 1 and on a lesser scale than that of Fig. 2 withthe successive laminations broken away so that each reveals the other,and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a fragment of the interlining foldedupon itself.

Similar reference numerals throughout they several views indicate thesame parts.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, G indicates generally a topor outer coat having an outer shell l composed of a relatively heavytextile cloth. The usual silk, cambric` or other lining thereof thatsustains the inside wear is indicated at 2. Between these and notnecessarily secured to either except at the meeting seams is ininterlining 3 which is a composite embodying two superimposed intimatelyconnected laminations. One of the latter consists of a base 4 which maybe any thin, light and stron-g fabric, such as woven cotton cloth. Tothis, preferably on the side next to the shell l, is affixed a stratumof cork 5. Such stratum is composed of finely comminuted cork parti-clesthat may be blown thereon in the presence of a suitable binder of a var-50 nish or adhesive nature so that the cork particles are held togetherthereby and at the same time are caused to adhere to the fabric base.Such binder is preferably of a waterproof or water resisting naturealthough its presence is mainly as a connector between the ground corkparticles and the fabric base l rather than being exposed on the corksurface to come in contact with the surface of the adjacent shell l. Theresult is that this interlining so preferably outwardly faced is notsubject to wear from either side, is light and flexible as aninterlining element per se, resists moisture and adds greatly to theconservation of inner Warmth or body heat as the resistance of cork ingeneral to heat transference is a recognized fact. Furthermore, the corkface of the interlining interlocks with the coarse fabric holding theinterlining securely thereto, while the lining 2 is free to slidethereon.

A garment constructed in accordance with my invention is :equal inappearance and wearing qualities to the ordinary garment, is notappreciably greater in weight, isv as flexible as required in anygarment and renders an article of clothing windproof and moisture proofbeyond the capabilities of outer shells or main fabric constructionsusually furnished.

I claim as my invention:

l. A garment for wear upon the person embodying a relatively rough andcoarse outer shell of textile fabric, a relatively ne and smooth innerlining therefor and an interlining, the latter embodying a fabric havinga layer of comminuted cork on one side only thereof faced outwar-dlyagainst the shell and functioning as a heat transfer resistant.

2. A garment for wear upon the person embodying an outer shell ofrelatively rough and coarse thick textile fabric, a relatively ne andsmooth inner lining therefor and a relatively thin interlining betweenthe two, the latter embodying a smooth fabric base with a layer ofcomminuted cork on one side only thereof integrated and secured to suchbase lby a iiexble adhesive and faced outwardly to compose a roughsurface that tends to interlock with that of the shell fabric, suchinterlining as a whole constituting a heat and moisture transferresistant, the fabric base of which slides freely on the smooth surfaceof the lining.

EARLE E. LEVY.

